Damn. The exhaustion was making him careless. This street had poor cover, and Magitek Armor wasn't the kind of enemy you could take on directly without a speedy Job. Jade almost wished he had equipped Dragoon instead White Mage -- but then he would have been dead by now.

It was too late for regrets now, anyway. Running would just get him shot in the back, so Jade rushed to cast, even as the armor's machine guns prepared to fire. If he was incredibly lucky, he might just make it--

The boom of thunder was deafening. Both Jade and the Imperial Magitek Knight were startled out of their respective attacks, heads snapping up to find the source of the far-too-close lightning, mere moments before the command rang out.

Jade let out a chuckle, pleasantly surprised, as the motorcycle came to a stop before him. Dramatic though the entrance was, he had to admit -- Ashelia didn't lack for style.

"Impeccable timing, Ashelia." He wasted no time, throwing one leg over the vehicle to sit behind her. The Magitek Armor's rider was currently preoccupied with being electrocuted to death, but expecting a one-hit kill might be too optimistic.